Intel Core i5-4690K vs AMD FX-8320E

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8320E

Price

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$ 161.43

$ 16.59 slightly less expensive

$ 178.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2483 points

6% slightly better overall score

2342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4619 points

34% slightly better gaming score

3438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1885 points

1993 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1808 points

1917 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.71 points

46% significantly higher Blender score

36.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3635 points

125% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1267 points

191% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3649 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1305 points

198% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

437 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

88 W

7% slightly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

632nd of 1,089

651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4690K vs FX-8320E specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4690K beats the FX-8320E in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320E in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-8320E has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8320E. A Core i5-4690K CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320E CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-4690K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.